# Curious about the effect of current news on the lefties of this board... **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870 "2018-06-27T20:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/1 "2018-06-27T20:15:55Z")
Poll to follow… Gah, last WEEK, of course. Cue jokes here, yadda yadda yadda… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/2 "2018-06-27T20:27:21Z")
I fully intended to vote last week, and I continue to fully intend to vote. So I guess that’s “no change”, but it might give a misleading impression. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/3 "2018-06-27T20:45:49Z")
Yeah, kind of an awkwardly worded question… “no change” for me too, because short of a cyclone or sharknado on East 58th Street, nothing’s gonna stop me from voting! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/4 "2018-06-27T20:59:18Z")
If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain about who wins. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/5 "2018-06-27T21:01:21Z")
I haven’t missed an even year election since I turned 18. I’ve only missed one or two odd-year elections, and none in the last 10 years. No change. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/6 "2018-06-27T21:01:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I fully intended to vote last week, and I continue to fully intend to vote. So I guess that’s “no change”, but it might give a misleading impression. > [@choie](#): > > Yeah, kind of an awkwardly worded question… “no change” for me too, because short of a cyclone or sharknado on East 58th Street, nothing’s gonna stop me from voting! Same here. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/7 "2018-06-27T21:02:38Z")
I have a hard time understanding where this question is coming from. Why would a Supreme Court opening or the border enforcement ugliness in any way dissuade a “lefty” from voting? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/8 "2018-06-27T21:04:47Z")
No Change. If I’m conscious, I’m voting, even though it’s just the Illinois governor race that’ll be contested. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/9 "2018-06-27T21:05:44Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I have a hard time understanding where this question is coming from. Why would a Supreme Court opening or the border enforcement ugliness in any way dissuade a “lefty” from voting? Loss of hope. The great American experiment is over, and conservatism has won. There’s no point in voting then, is there? Also, while I see where previous responders are coming from, I personally don’t think that voting “no change” gives any sort of wrong impression, if you can’t get any more eager to vote. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/10 "2018-06-27T21:12:18Z")
I would assume any regular viewers of the “Election” board are going to vote in mid-term elections if they can. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/11 "2018-06-27T21:13:23Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > The great American experiment is over, and conservatism has won. … There’s your poll: how many who call themselves conservatives (or “righties” if you like) believe that the Constitution was merely a casual experiment, intended to idly pass the time until authoritarian rule could assert itself fully…? Is that _really_ what you think the Founders were up to? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/12 "2018-06-27T21:13:50Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Loss of hope. The great American experiment is over, and conservatism has won. There’s no point in voting then, is there? I guess though I doubt many of those people hang out in elections, especially when you factor in the grief non-voters get in here. > [@](#): > > Also, while I see where previous responders are coming from, I personally don’t think that voting “no change” gives any sort of wrong impression, if you can’t get any more eager to vote. I think you’d have gotten a better sense of the mood and avoided that criticism if you had two options in the middle. “no change-voting” and “no change-not voting”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/13 "2018-06-27T21:18:53Z")
My level of being pissed at Trump has remained steady from wee to wee. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/14 "2018-06-27T21:18:54Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I guess though I doubt many of those people hang out in elections, especially when you factor in the grief non-voters get in here. I don’t think political junkies are any less likely to despair. Some may actually be more likely to do so. But yes, maybe I should have put this into IMHO, but considering your other point, I may have skewed things there too. > [@](#): > > I think you’d have gotten a better sense of the mood and avoided that criticism if you had two options in the middle. “no change-voting” and “no change-not voting”. Point. I just didn’t think about that. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/15 "2018-06-27T21:41:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I fully intended to vote last week, and I continue to fully intend to vote. So I guess that’s “no change”, but it might give a misleading impression. This. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/16 "2018-06-27T21:46:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I fully intended to vote last week, and I continue to fully intend to vote. So I guess that’s “no change”, but it might give a misleading impression. Same ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/17 "2018-06-27T21:52:10Z")
The news fuckin’ sucks, no doubt–but our nation has been through worse times. Jim Crow was significantly worse than our current state, and we managed to fight our way out of that. We’ll keep on fighting. And voting. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/18 "2018-06-27T22:08:02Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The news fuckin’ sucks, no doubt–but our nation has been through worse times. Jim Crow was significantly worse than our current state, and **we managed to fight our way out of that**. …it only took 100 years. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/19 "2018-06-27T22:10:01Z")
I’d like to see a similar poll, but for suicide. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/20 "2018-06-27T22:16:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain about who wins. Yes they do. But nobody is forced to listen to it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870.md?page=2)